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Slavery 1815-1848 Bradley Hardcastle, Elam Mangum & Anna Grainger

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Slavery1815-1848

Bradley Hardcastle, Elam Mangum & Anna Grainger

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Missouri Compromise

-Passed in 1920 -Banned slavery from newly acquired territory

from the Louisiana Purchase above the 36˚ 30˚ line. (Also known as the Mason Dixon Line)

Maine was admitted as a free state Missouri was declared a slave state Balanced the ratio of slave states to non-slave

states.

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Missouri Compromise Map

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Nat Turner Rebellion

Preacher- sign from God

Led the rebellion on Aug 22, 1831 in South Hampton County Virginia

Killed over 60 whites

Found 48 hours later and were killed.

In response laws are passed restricting slaves from assembling without supervision or learning how to read and write.

Emancipation was considered in VA but slavery was considered a “positive good”

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David Walker

African American Abolitionist in Boston

Called blacks to ride up in arms against slavery with his

Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World in 1829

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William Lloyd Garrison

Published Abolitionist news paper, The Liberator

First white writer to demand for immediate abolition of

slavery than gradual emancipation.

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Statistics

•In 1820 86.8% of all African Americans in the United States were slaves•In 1830 the percentage went down by .5% to 86.3%•In 1840 the percentage went back up .3% to 86.6%•Only about 13.5% of all African Americans in the United States were free during this time period.

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Forms of Work

Slaves•Slaves Worked long hours•Usually did field work such as picking tobacco or cotton

Free African Americans

•Typically worked in service occupations•Did not do much field work, even though some had the experience from being slaves•Many were U.S. merchant sailors

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Culture and Religion

Slaves•Slaves were not allowed to speak their native languages•Slaves like to make artwork•Also had a different and powerful form of music•Some slaves were even able to attend their own churches•“Oral tradition” was a main part of their culture

Free African Americans

•Had many celebrations of their own that were not national holidays, but rather important days for the African Americans•Some free African Americans were able to establish their own Christian churches

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Living Conditions

Slaves•Many families were split apart•If a slave tried to run away without success, they were beaten and sometimes even killed•Each person owned one pair of clothes•They were fed the cheapest food their owner could find•Slaves were not allowed to learn to read and write

Free African Americans

•Most were still discriminated against•Some free African Americans in the north owned land, had homes, ran businesses, and paid taxes•In a few northern states, free African Americans could vote

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Living Conditions

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Economy Statistics

1815-1860: 600,000-700,000 slaves sold from upper south to lower south

Slave in 1820’s upper south had a 30% chance of being sold to lower south by 1860

In the 1850’s a planter could expect an annual return of 8-10% on capital invested

Bales of Short- Stock Cotton

1792181718401860

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Social

Slaves•Slaves were not considered to be a part of the social society

Free African Americans

•They were still discriminated against•They were allowed to voice their opinions•In 1827 the Freedom’s Journal came out.

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Anti-Slavery

Slaves•Slaves who did not want to run away often used other ways to rebel; they would either work slow, break tools, or fake sick•Many would try to escape to places that were supposed to be safe either run by whites who believed in the abolishment of slavery, or free African Americans

Free African Americans

•They often organized the escape routes for slaves•Many free blacks were described as “conductors” of the Underground Railroad•Many African Americans stayed in the United States to work on achieving equality in the United States

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The Two Sides

Proslavery

“necessary evil” to “positive good”

Slavery was natural and proper for those of African decent

Christianity and The Bible

Race of “perpetual children”

Better off than northern laborers

Abolitionists (Expansionists)

American Colonization Society

Christianity and The Bible

Ulterior motives: economic and political

Used morality as a cover

“denounced the abolitionists as sanctimonious hypocrites” (Howe, 545)

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Upper South: slave trade

Virginia, Maryland, Kentucky

Key crop: tobacco

Economic motives for interstate trade

Resulted in a very dominant white society

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Lower South: short staple cotton to long staple cotton

Louisiana, Georgia, South Carolina

Key crops: sugar, rice, and cotton

The Cotton Gin (1793)- Eli Whitney

Westward Expansion

Denounced African Colonization and feared government involvement

Prohibited progression and development

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After the migration…

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South Carolina Influence

Denmark Vesey Conspiracy led by a free black man who

set out to seize weapons from armies and use the African American militia he had put together to take over Charleston

put fear in plantation owners and caused them to keep their guard up against all black citizens

Tariff of 1828 Also known as the Tariff of

Abominations

John C. Calhoun

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Bibliography

Jackson Series Podcast (Gretchen Ann Riley)-10/22/10

American Stories (Brands)- 11/8/10

What Hath God Wrought (Howe)- 11/11/10

http://www.misterteacher.com/american%20slavery/

slavenarratives.html 11/11/10

http://www.misterteacher.com/american%20slavery/slavenarratives.html
http://www.misterteacher.com/american%20slavery/slavenarratives.html
http://www.misterteacher.com/american%20slavery/slavenarratives.html

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